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Today will be no different, as we will be listening to Claudio Mingardi's 1984 single "Star," a synthesizer-happy cover of the Thin White Duke's ditty about friendly aliens who wish to fellate our brains or something.

As usual, the vocalist can only somewhat sing in English and — for that matter — sing whatsoever. If you're hankering for further Bowiecentric oddities, here are the instrumental and an italoized cover of "Heroes" that will melt your reality into porridge.